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NephMadness 2026 is only weeks away, so it’s time to start introducing some of the key players. We begin with a group of familiar faces to those of you who have played NephMadness in the past, our Executive Team. These are the people that have been spending their last several months constructing this year’s fiendish bracket: Matthew Sparks, Anna Burgner, Anna Vinnikova, Jeffrey Kott, Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elías, Dia Waguespack, Samira Farouk, and Krithika Mohan. Matthew Sparks [...]

Happy New Year from AJKD! Turning the calendar gives us the opportunity to look back on the top ten AJKDBlog posts of 2025. Special thanks go out to the AJKDBlog Commentaries Editor, Pascale Khairallah, and Interviews Editor, Timothy Yau, and to all of our contributors!   1. Urea for the Treatment of Hyponatremia 2/2 SIADH: An Interview Subhash Chander, interviewed by Tim Yau 2. Renal Tubular Acidosis: An Interview Roger Rodby and William Whittier, interviewed by Tim Yau 3. Gout and CKD: [...]

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it matters. We hope our readers will find this valuable in helping them keep up with the latest research in the field of nephrology. Highlights from the January 2026 issue: Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Health in Women With CKD: A Qualitative Study of Nephrologists in the [...]

As we put 2025 to bed and look forward to the new year, we know there is one thing on everybody’s minds:  Soon it will be March again, and time for NephMadness 2026!   This year the tournament will officially begin on Sunday, March 1, 2025. If you want to organize a #NephMadnessParty for your group, now is the time to get it on your group calendar! We can’t wait to see what creative ways of celebrating NephMadness you come up with this year. Not sure how to get started? Here [...]

Hyperphosphatemia remains a major challenge in managing patients with kidney failure and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.  In a Mini-Review recently published in AJKD, authors Ian Da Silva Lugo and Jaime Uribarri discuss how traditional approaches such as dietary phosphate restriction, oral phosphate binders, and dialysis modifications, often provide insufficient control of serum phosphate levels. AJKDBlog’s Interviews Editor, Timothy Yau (@Maximal_Change) sat down [...]